With a double victory of psychology and tactics, Conte has become Inter Milan’s number one public enemy.

Sports Weekly All-Media Special Correspondent in Italy Xiaowu

What makes you even more angry is probably "one of your own". Inter Milan lost 1-3 to Naples. What made the Inter Milan players collectively break the defense was not the final result, but the reaction of Antonio Conte. This former Inter Milan coach has now become the number one public enemy in the blue-black world.

The Italian media described this game as a game where "everything happened". There were penalty kicks, quarrels, and someone leaving the field injured. The dramatic tension reached its peak in the second half of the conflict between Conte and Lautaro. The "trigger" of everything came from a foul on Dumfries by a Napoli player. The latter fell to the ground and rolled after a defensive clearance, indicating in pain that he had been hit hard.

Conte was standing in front of the coaching bench, only a few meters away from the site of the incident. He exaggeratedly signaled Dumfries to hurry up and not to exaggerate the contact. When play resumed, Dumfries walked to the sidelines to express his displeasure and defend himself in Conte's face. As a result, chaos broke out between the two sides in front of the Naples bench, and Inter Milan players stepped forward to stand up for their teammates.

In the midst of this chaos, Lautaro, Conte’s former favorite disciple, stood near the center circle. After catching Conte’s attention, he made a very provocative gesture, making a fist and pointing at his lower body. Judging from the shape of his mouth, he seemed to be saying "cagon" (coward) in Argentinian slang, which is familiar to Italians. The word was once made famous by the scolding battle between Tevez and Allegri. With the addition of hand gestures, it is very characteristic of South America, meaning "I peed my pants" or "I peed my pants". Conte did not suffer any loss, and immediately responded: "Smile!" Then he turned to the referee and shouted: "He must respect me!"

In fact, not everything happened in this game, and there was even a red card missing, but I believe that as long as the game continues, red cards will definitely be indispensable in the end. Conte and Lautaro had previously clashed on the court during their cooperation with Inter Milan. The two had bad words at the time, and it happened to be during the absence of the epidemic. The conversation between the two could be heard clearly through live radio. The outcome of that incident was that the two sides set up a ring in training. Conte and Lautaro symbolically put on boxing gloves and pretended to beat each other, reaching a settlement in a joking way. But this time, if they were given a pair of gloves each on the spot, it would be possible for them to take action.

The current coach of Inter Milan, Chivu, is just the opposite. His philosophy is to avoid conflicts as much as possible, and he believes that his players dispersed too much energy and attention in the conflict with the opponent in the second half. This is the biggest reason for Inter Milan's loss. After the game, the Romanian coach said: "Talk about what we did well in the first half. We performed well in the game and almost hit the post twice. In the second half, we forced a counterattack, but lost our balance and were scored the second goal. We responded with a penalty kick, but then And because the argument with the opponent's bench consumed too much energy, there was no way to reverse the game."

In fact, after the penalty kick in the first half, the mood of the Inter Milan players was not right, and Marotta and Conte continued the argument after the game. Inter Milan's division of labor is very clear. Chivu focuses on the situation on the field, leaving the content of the controversy to Marotta, and this is what Conte is aiming at: "The difference between Naples and Inter Milan is that whenever something happens, Inter Milan sends Marotta to speak out, or other teams will send out senior managers. And here, I personally come out to speak. In my opinion, a truly great team should conduct a correct self-assessment and make a decision." Know why you lost today, instead of blaming the outside world."

In the end, Conte did not forget to take a dig at his old partner who had supported him behind the scenes. "I have never asked my chairman to be the 'father.' "It's normal to have some quarrels. I remember when I led Inter Milan to win the championship again after ten years and bring the team back to the top level. Lautaro is a very good player, but two years is not enough to truly understand a player."

Regarding Conte's boastful speech, the good-tempered Chivu had a conclusion before the game: "This is Is there still a shadow of Conte in Inter Milan? There is no doubt about Conte's ability, but what should be talked about is the work that Simeone (Inzaghi) has done in the past four years. He has brought Inter Milan back to the top of Italy and Europe. We should talk about Simeone's contribution, because he did a great job." Maybe it was these words that angered Conte in the first place and made him work hard to restrain his old club. But this is also a fact. Today's Inter Milan is disdainful or even ashamed to have anything to do with Conte. The championship situation in recent years has also made the relationship between the Inter Milan camp and the Naples camp extremely tense. In the eyes of the Nerazzurri world, Conte is no longer the meritorious coach who led Inter Milan to win the league championship.

However, in terms of team leadership experience, Chivu is still far from Conte. In this game, Conte innovatively placed Neres in the forward position. Different from the traditional "false 9", Neres ran all over the court, adding a mobile point to get the ball, and revitalizing the entire midfield. Inter Milan's tall defenders were helpless in the face of this type of offensive players, lost their footing, and made major coordination errors many times. This was extremely rare in Inter Milan games in the past. Conte won this game from both a psychological level and a technical and tactical level. The enemy who knows you best is the most terrifying.